“I Am Called Mormon Being Called After the Land of Mormon”

Bryan Richards

3 Nephi 5 constitutes an editorial insert not unlike The Words of Mormon. In it Mormon gives us autobiographical information: the origin of his name, his calling as a disciple of Christ, and his pure Lehite lineage. Furthermore, the internal consistency of the Book of Mormon can be seen in Mormon's description of the land of Mormon. His namesake land was beautiful to him and his description of it is more detailed than any other geographical location in the Book of Mormon (Mosiah 18:4,5,30). In one verse, he uses the word Mormon six times, And now it came to pass that all this was done in Mormon, yea, by the waters of Mormon, in the forest that was near the waters of Mormon; yea, the place of Mormon, the waters of Mormon, the forest of Mormon, how beautiful are they to the eyes of them who there came to the knowledge of their Redeemer; yea, and how blessed are they, for they shall sing to his praise forever (Mosiah 18:30). And how important they were to the abridger named Mormon!

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